A new directory on the packing of North-America bound export products is expected to come into force in China soon, said the Chinese Ministry of Commerce on Thursday.

The ministry said the new directory has just been approved by a group of experts and will be publicized shortly.

The ministry hopes that the new directory will help Chinese companies know more about the requirements of packaging for the North American area, so as to improve the standards for exported Chinese products.

The new directory gives a specific introduction to the export products packaging-related rules and technical requirements adopted in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and also lists detailed packing technologies and methods for all major exported Chinese products to the North American area, said the ministry.

To improve China's packing standards for exported products, the ministry issued a total of 30 packing directories last year gearing to China's different trading partners.

(Xinhua News Agency March 3, 2006)